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+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common/exception/Exception.hpp"
+
+namespace cta {
+namespace exception {
+
+/**
+ * Exception representing an unexpected mismatch between tape file sequence
+ * numbers.
+ */
+class TapeFseqMismatch: public exception::Exception {
+public:
+  /**
+   * Constructor.
+   *
+   * @param context optional context string added to the message
+   * at initialisation time.
+   * @param embedBacktrace whether to embed a backtrace of where the
+   * exception was throw in the message
+   */
+  TapeFseqMismatch(const std::string &context = "", const bool embedBacktrace = true) :
+    Exception(context, embedBacktrace) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Destructor.
+   */
+  ~TapeFseqMismatch() override {}
+}; // class TapeFseqMismatch
+
+}} // namespace cta::exception